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About
A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.
Theatrical
Sep 2, 1949
Box Office
$3.5M
Budget
$1.3M
Return
2.7x
Theaters
1
Director
Writers
Producer
Music
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Quotes
See all →Warner Bros. Smash Hit Announcement
Taglines
A Warner Bros. Smash Hit!
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cagney's Performance in White Heat
Taglines
JAMES CAGNEY in his new Warner hit "White Heat
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →J
James Cagney
Arthur 'Cody' Jarrett
V
Virginia Mayo
Verna Jarrett
E
Edmond O'Brien
Vic Pardo
M
Margaret Wycherly
Ma Jarrett
S
Steve Cochran
'Big Ed' Somers
J
John Archer
Philip Evans
W
Wally Cassell
'Cotton' Valletti
F
Fred Clark
Daniel Winston
P
Paul Guilfoyle
Roy Parker (uncredited)
F
Ford Rainey
Zuckie
R
Robert Foulk
Payroll Guard at Chemical Plant
I
Ian MacDonald
Creel
R
Robert Osterloh
Ryley
J
Joel Allen
Operative (uncredited)
C
Claudia Barrett
Cashier (uncredited)
R
Ray Bennett
Guard (uncredited)
M
Marshall Bradford
Chief of Police (uncredited)
C
Chet Brandenburg
Convict (uncredited)
J
John Butler
Motorist at Gas Station (uncredited)
R
Robert Carson
Agent at Directional Map (uncredited)
